Device for supporting wire tying machines



Dec. 1, 1931. T. J. KING, JR

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING WIRE TYING MACHINES Filed Nov. 23, 1927 if@ j Patented Dec. 1, 1931 UNITED STA TES PATENT OFFICE] TI-IOIMAS J'. KING, JR., 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A.SSIGNOR T0 THE GERRARD COMPANY, INC., OF"Y CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE DEVICE ron SUPPORTING Winn TYING MACHINES .Application led November 23, 1927. Serial No. 235,136.v

In shipping a number of massive units,

such as barrels, boxes, crates, machines, and the like, 1t 1s advisable to wire thesametogether in a horizontal plane, otherwise, in starting and stopping, the units are .apt to shift relative 'to each other, with the possibility of serious damage.

Heretofore it has not been feasible to use an ordinary portable wire tying machine in applying the wire, since such a machine is only designed to tie a wire which is arranged in a vertical plane, and, in wiring massive units together for transportation,-the wire must be arranged in a horizontal plane.

The primary object of the invention is to provide means in the form of a novelmachine-supporting device for permitting a portable machine to be used conveniently in tying a wire in a horizontal plane.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparentto those skilled in the art upon a full understanding of the construction, arrangement and operation of the device.

One form of the kinvention is presented herein for the purpose of exemplication, but it will of course be appreciated that the invention may be embodied in other structually quite different forms coming equally within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. l shows a wire-tying machine supported by the device of the invention in operative position to a number of barrels;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the rack, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is another horizontal section through the rack, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the rack,

taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, showing the wire-tying machine in threading position; and

Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to Fig. 4, showing the machine in tying position.

The drawings illustrate a number of barrels 10 which have been bound together by wires 11 tied by a portable wire tying ma chine 12 while mounted on a rack 13. The invention resides in the support for the mazchine, which support includes the rack 13 and a pair of hooks 14 on the machine which cooperate with the rack and hold the machine in'first a horizontaland then a vertical position.

The wire-tying machine shown in the drawings is the same as that which is illustrated, described and claimed in my co-pendingvapplication,l Serial No. 235,135, filed November 23, 1927, but such machine is used herein merely for the purpose of exemplification, and it will of course be understood vthat other kinds of wire-tying machines may be supported in the same manner.

The rack 13 consists of two upright standards 15 which are mounted on two outspread bases 16. The standards are connected together rbyone or more cross members 17 which are offset rearwardly with respect to the standards by brackets 18. The brackets, with the cross members, are vertically adjustable with respect to the standards, being held in any desired position by set1 screws 19 which are `carried by the brackets and are screwed into frictional engagement with the standards. The standards are preferably angle members, whilethe cross members are preferably fiat strips lying in va vertical.

plane.

The hooksV 14 are ypi'voted Vat 2O to the rear portion ofthe base 21 of the machine, in

longitudinally spaced relation to each other,

andare provided with elongated slots 22 intowhich either lone of the 'cross members 17 will snugly lit. The hooks `are adapted to hold the machine inf eithertheV horizontal threading position shown in ,n F ig. 4, or the verticaltying positionshown in Fig. 5, the

horizontal,arrangement shownin Fig. 4 being effected bymeans of two latches 23Which are pivoted to the machine at 24 Vand are adapted to engage with abutments 25 onthe A is positioned adjacent one side of the same, and the machine is mounted on the rack in the horizontal position shown in Fig. 4.

The wire is then passed around the barrels, threaded through the machine, and partly tensioned by operation of the handle 27 in order to hold the wire in place.

` When the machine is in readiness to tie the wire, the latches 23 are tripped to drop the machine into the position s 5, whereupon the tensioning, twistin and cutting operations are eifected in the QF llllgy way, as if the machine were on the top, instead of against the side, ofthe object being wired. After the wire has been tied,

Ythe machine is unhooked from the cross inember 17 by'beng moved in a vertical direction, andthe rack is moved away. Becauseof the offset relation between the cross mem.-k

Abers 17- of the rack and thestandards 15, the wire -is tied about the. barrels behind.

thestandards l5, and no interference there-V .i

between is had.

yIt will be observed that in the preceding specification .and following claimsV the machine is referred to as a wire-tying ma.-

chine. This language is ofcourse intended to include within its meaning `all known types of portable machines for. applying binding Ematerial, regardless of whether the wire is rounder flat and irrespective of whether the tieis aftwist, an interlocking deformation, or a sleeved seal.

i I claim f l. The combination, with a portable wire-A ty-,i-ng machine, of a rack for holding the ma: chine adjacent the side of the object to be tied, and means carried by the machine and de? tachably associated with the rack for holding themachine in two different positions with respect to the rack and to the side of the object to be tied. i

2. The combination, with a portable Wine tying machine, ot' a rack for holding the machine adjacent the side of the object to be tied, and means carried by the machine andV detachably associatedwith the rack for holding` the machine in either a horizontal or'vertical position with respect to the rack to the side of the object to be tied. f

' 3. The` combination, with a portable wiretying machine, of a rack for holding the ma- .lic

chine against tilting movement in a position adjacent the side of the object to be tied,.said

rack including an upright portion, and atying machine, of a rack for holding the ma.,

own in F ig.

chine adjacent the side of the obj ect to be tied, a hook pivoted to the machine in rigid engagement with the rack for supporting the machine in either a horizontal or vertical position, and a latch carried by the machine for Y engaging with the hook and holding the machineV ina horizontal position.

Y (i. The combination, with a portable wiretying machine having a fiat outspread base, of means jfer holding the machine with the base of the same in a vertical position parallel with .a vertical side of. the object to be tied to permit 'the tying of a horizontally looped WlI', Y

7 The combination, with a portable wirety-ing machine, of a portable .support for holding themachine in an elevated operative position adjacent .a vertical .side of the object to betied, and a readily releasable connection between .the machine. and the support, said connection being operable to holdxthe ma chine in an outwardly projected position with respect to the support and being releasable upon vertical movement of the machine rela? tive to the support.

. 8, The combination, witha portable wiretying machine, .of a rack for holding kthe ma.- chine adjacent the sideiof the robject to be tied, and a hook carried by the machine in y'reforms J. KING, JR. j

engagement with the rack, said hook having 

